The present invention relates to a drug delivery device for administering a dose of a medicinal product, comprising: a dose setting and injection mechanism adapted to be operably engaged with a piston of a cartridge containing the medicinal product, at least two housing components being directly and releasably interconnectable to each other, and a flexible coupling means separately coupled to any of said housing components and being adapted to keep the housing components within a predefined spatial range when they are disconnected.
